Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Etc.
Posted in Culture, Philosophy, Science, politics on Nov 20th, 2007
This is the modernist view of history:
Thinkers in the modern era saw history as a continual progress. Think of Darwinists (ever higher and more complex forms of life!) and Hegel (ever higher and more rational forms of mind!) and Politicians (ever more expansive, rational, and peaceful forms of society!).
Christians in the Modern Era had this [...]
Posted in Genesis 1-3 on Oct 29th, 2007
Which just means I will have said my peace (piece?) after this post on the subject. All we have left to talk about is Creationism’s third issue-group, “How to understand what Philosophy says.”
(The first was discussed here and here, and the second was discussed here).
Philosophical Issue (1): If the ex nihilo, nihil fit principle [...]
Posted in Genesis 1-3 on Oct 28th, 2007
As my next-to-last post on Creationism, I want to examine the second of the three issue-groups surrounding Creationism: “How to understand what Science says.”
(I’ve already dealt with the first, “How to understand what Scripture says,” here and here.)
“How to understand what Science says” is, actually, beyond me. I’m neither a biologist nor an archaeologist nor [...]
Posted in Genesis 1-3 on Oct 27th, 2007
(Trying to whip up a little controversy with that title, eh Tillman?)
After listing the three kinds of Creationism, the three groups-of-issues surrounding Creationism, and the approach you have to take when reading Genesis’ Creation Story, I promised to say what reading Genesis 1-3 will show you (and how this might solve the debate with Science).
I [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 27th, 2007
That seems to be what “evolutionary theorist Oliver Curry from the London School of Economics” is saying.
Human race will ’split into two different species’
Niall Firth writes, in the above article:
The human race will one day split into two separate species, an attractive, intelligent ruling elite and an underclass of dim-witted, ugly goblin-like creatures, according [...]
Posted in Genesis 1-3 on Oct 26th, 2007
As I mentioned before, I’ve written a book (*Stewie’s making fun of Brian’s novel-writing begins to play in background*) on reading the first three chapters of Genesis. In my second post on Creationism, I said I would talk about the right way to read the Bible’s account of Creation.
Here’s the approach I work with in [...]
Posted in Genesis 1-3 on Oct 25th, 2007
Continuing from before . . .
Just as there are three approaches to Creationism (of which I am aware), there are three groups of issues related to Creationism:
(1) How to understand what Scripture says
(2) How to understand what Science says
(3) How to understand what Philosophy says
In other words, we have to deal with claims of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 25th, 2007
What do the following stories have in common?
Brain study: Sleepy, grumpy and … primitive?
Howard moves fast with ‘Code’ sequel
That’s right. Fear.
In the first article, we can see how the words “primitive” and “barbaric” have come to be synonymous (as I said here). Fight-or-Flight/irrational emotiveness comes from the “primitive” part of the brain. It’s so hard [...]
Posted in Genesis 1-3 on Oct 24th, 2007
Mr. Salk wrote:
I assume you are a creationist? If so, you should write up your reasoning for being one. It’s not so easy to understand..
I enjoy the way the question is framed. My reasoning is simultaneously unknown (and therefore requested) and not easy to understand. No, I’m not making fun of Mr. Salk. [...]
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